Mount



April 29, 1941. c. N; cRoss 1 2,240,208

MOUNT Filed April 7, 1939 Patented Apr. 29, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT A FFlCE Monm- Carroll N. Cross, Middleboro,

Mass.

Application April 7, 1939, Serial No. 266,636 I 3 Claims.

a single embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a rear view of the mount supporting element; 1

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the supporting element attached to a picture supporting base;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the mount and shows the same supported in display position;

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Fig. 4 is a view taken from the side of Fig. 3.

ll! 7 indicates a card, photoacts as a cararticle. For convenience the entire device hereinafter will be referred to as the "mount."

in open position.-

' tion. This latter advantage 20, to provide a finger hold to manipulation of the tongue.

In order to permit the mount supporting leg 14 to be movedfrom a position in contact with the base it as shown in Fig. 2, to

facilitate manual The tongue I6 is likewise scored as at 26 to permit bending of the lower shoulder carrying The body supporting leg I2 is porting position by first lifting theagainst the edges of the tongue in which position the leg is secured.

Now it will be evident provides a display mount which embodies a minithe same is moved to open posiis secured by reason of the converging slot from which the tongue I6 is cut. Consequently when the mount is open as shown in Figs. 3 shock of any kind, the sides of the tongue IE will be driven into tighter engagement with the edges of the slot defining the tongue.

It will be evident that the construction may be modified within the spirit of the invention and the practice thereof shall be limited only by the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1. A support element for a display base comprising a supporting 2 2,240,208 and a score line extending across the face of ered from the body of said leg along lines which said locking tongue to permit said tongue to be converge from the bottom toward the top theredisposed at an angle to the face of said leg. of, said tongue being integral with said leg at its 2. A display mount or the like comprising a upper end and free at its lower end, shoulders supporting body, a body supporting legformed 5 extending-laterally from the free end or said of yielding sheet stock and a tapered locking tongue adapted to engage the face oi said suptongue formed in the body of said leg, said porting leg tolimit the movement thereof, means tongue being severed from the body of said supattaching said leg to said supporting body at porting leg along lines which-converge from the point above the upper extremity of said tongue, bottom toward the top thereof, and being free at 10 score lines extending across t e late of said leg its lower end, means attaching said leg to said between said attaching mean and the pper end supporting body at its upper end, and a score of said tongue. m n attaching Said tongue to line extending across the face oi said lockin said supporting body at a point intermediate the tongue to permit the same to be disposed at an ends of said leg, an Score 111185 x ending across angle to said leg. 15 th face 01' said locking tongue below said at- 3. A display support or the like comprising a taching means. supporting body, a body supporting leg formed of CARROLL N. CROSS.

yielding sheet stock and a locking tongue sev- 

